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• Subject: Re: Invalid attribute names
• From: Richard Tobin <richard@c...>
• Date: Thu, 1 Jan 2004 16:17:27 GMT
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• In-reply-to: <200401010904.i0194Spn016748@a...>
• Organization: HCRC, University of Edinburgh

>And in a namespace-aware XML parser, Name is not used for elements or
>attributes,
>QName is (from XML Namespaces). Isn't it a mess?

No, it's not a mess.

The XML 1.0 specification said that colon in names was reserved for a
future namespace mechanism.  XML Namespaces defined that mechanism.
That was how it was supposed to work, and that was how it did work.

XML isn't a way for you to use some random syntax you've made up
and call it standard.  If you want to be compatible with XML-based
software, you have to follow the specifications.

-- Richard

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